It was only the update from RC5 to RC6/7 that caused styles built for <= RC5 to not work correctly.TheBuzzSaw wrote:Is there any idea as to when the style changes will slow down or stop between Release Candidates? It is sad to see a bunch of skins go dead with each release. Obviously, each RC is for the best, but I just hope there comes a time where I can use a skin without fear of the next upgrade destroying it.
Any style that has been updated to RC6/7 will work with RC8+
We cannot say when style updates will stop, they likely won’t stop until Gold Release. But that is the nature of the beast when running Release Candidate software, and in-fact whenever software updates period. The changes between RC7 and RC8 are very minor.
Even when phpBB3 is upgraded for example, from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, styles still may need to be upgraded to accommodate, the same is true of MODs. It doesn’t necessarily mean styles and MODs for RC7 won’t work on RC8 and above, just that there will always be code changes when software gets updated.